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PAGE TWO JILTED TWICE, ‘BRIDEGROOM OF PRAYER" [a MARRIED ONGE MORE He Prayed So Hard for “Good Christian Woman” That 200 Answered His Supplications, He Ad- mits to All Who Will Listen After Ceremony. NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—After the Rev. George Herrmann Lawson of Orange, N. J., the “prayer bridegroom,” had been jilted twice and declared he wouldn’t wed the Queen of; Sheba, a woman up and married him today. Lawson was married to Mrs. Ella Weiber, a widow, in the Municipal building here. "NO LIQUOR IN? OAS HAYNES AS JERSEY LAUGHS Dry Officials Deny Landing. Customs Men and Resi- dents Demur WASHINGTON, Jan. hibition agents here today gen- caly took the attitude that lurid re- ports of @ vast fleet of rum runners oft the Jersey coast were faked “propaganda” to be ignored. Following communication with New York and New Jersey prohibi- tion officials, Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haines branded the ro- ports false and steadily refused to dis- | cuss the matter for the remainder of the day. NEW YORK, Jan. 13—Local cus- toms officials and many New Jersey citizens of prominence laughed long and loud when told of Commissioner Haynes statement that no whiskey had been landed on the Jersey coast yesterday. William R. Saunders, chief of the inspection division of the customs service said the denial of the federal commissioner, who was no where near the scene, was ridiculous. He said there was no question but that 2 large quantity of booze had been run in. Residents of coast resorts on the Jersey shore tell of bootleggers who are publically laughing at the big coup, and say they personally say trucka filled with case goods scurry ing away from the beaches. FRENCH FACING FAST, BOCHUM MAY BE TAKEN (Continued from Page One) results but the French said they had made no concession, asserting they merely wanted to prevent the mines being closed down. The whole plan must be ratifie¢ by the German coal commissioner and the Paris govern: ment. Under it, the French will pay enough to take care of the mine pay roll of 760,000,000 marks a day. Fasen has settled down to routine under the French military occupa- ‘tion. There is even a@ disposition on the part of the people to fraternizo with the invaders. BY WESB MILLER (Oniter Staff Correspondent) PARIS, Jan. 13.—France took a more lenient attitude today with re- gard to extracting cash reparations from Germany, but appears deter mined to selzo additional territories in the Ruhr to insure delivery of coal. The situation is as follows: 1. The reparations commission voted to postpone until January 31 Germany's next cash payment of} 500,000,000 gold marks, so that in the meantime Premier Poincare can se- cure assent of Belgium and Italy to h’a plan for a conditional moratorium, 2. The French are contemplating aselaing Bochum, site of Hugo Stinnes’ great industrial plants in the Ruhr, eo that ndditione] mines will be brought within thelr control. The projected moratorum scheme, which is not yet fully formulated, provides for constructive securities. including features which will enable the allies to make sure the big indus: trial concerns of Germany w'll pay their full share of the reparations charges. Sir John Bradbury, the British rep- resentative, abstained from voting on the motion to postpone the next pay- ment untll January 31. It is unde: ntood he intends to follow @ policy refusing to vote on anything remote- ly connected with the occupation or {ts consequences. The reparations commision also dec'ded to co-operate with the Franco-Belgian contro] com mission in Essen With regard to the plan to seize) Bochum, it was learned the troops now jn Essen may push on to occupy additional territory tomorrow. Tho Present occupied region produces 2f.- 000,000 tons of coal, of which 13,000,+ 000 are necessary for reparationa. leaving only 8,000,000 for factories in the Essen region, which ts insuffi. efent. Occupation of the Bochum area would enable the allies to con-t trol a production of 68,000,000 tona, which would allow a surplus for Ger- man consumption Pomeare anf General Mangot re- ported to the cabinet today that th results of the oocupaton were sat! The ceremony also up set the par- son's hard and fast rule to “beware) of vidders.” But that was yesterday. With yesterday and his denuncia- tion of women in general also went the memortes of be'ng left at the al-| tar twice, orice by a widow that caused him to fight shy of ‘em, and once by a pretty 18-year-old girl in Fond du Lac, Wis., whom he selected when he decided to marry one young- “The Almighty has been good,” he announced to all that would listen, following the ceremony today. “This (Mrs. Welber) is the answer to my prayers. Two or three other camuo- flaged articles came—camouflaged by the devil—but God tn the and sent the| right one. I turned down all those millionaires who were on my trail and married a good Christian wom- an.” Lawson said he was introduced to his bride shortly after Mrs. May Ma- son, his first flance, jilted him and fled to Atlantic City because of pub- Ucity attached to his announcenient that she was sent in answer to his prayers. enid: He prayed so hard, he sald, that 200 women from all parts of the country wrote and offered their hearts for his hand. Today he sald he and his new bride will spend their honeymoon in Phit- adelphia, where be will conduct evan- gel'stic services “like I used to in Michigan.” The bride until yesterday worked in an Orange laundry. ; APOSTOLIC DELEGATE 10 BE EXPELLED IN. MEXICO FOR RELIGIOUS MEETING | MEXICO CITY, Jan. 13.—(By Unt-' ted Press.}—Mansignor Filippi, apos- tole delegates, may be expelled from Mexico under article 33 of the fed-/ 4 of 6 eral legislation, if convicted chnrges that he violated, the legis'a- ton by holding an, open alr religions demonstration in the state of Cuana- jato. The charges were filed by the at-! torney general. “The laws of Mexico must be ri spected, President Obregon sald whe: interviewed regarding the case. “We think we ask little of foreigners, but they must respect our laws and au- thority. The matter is now in the courts.”” Obregon fntimated that tn event of Filtpp! being proven gullty it will be within the president's province to ex- pel him as an undesirable foreigner. pear ileabcns bo snlt aa td Acquit Woman of, Murdering Aged Benefactor, 72 SEATTLB, Wash., Jan. 18.—(By United Press.)\—Clara Skarin was acquitted late this afternoon of the murder of Ferdinand Hochbrunn, 72, her benefactor. The case had been given to the jury shortly after 2 p. m., after the state had completed it’s argument for a first degree verdict. On the stand Miss Skarin told a tory of revolting attacks that had een made against her by her aged grand uncle, culminating in her ooting him during what she said ‘as en attack that Hochbrunn was attempting, on Oct. 18, 1921, Miss Skarin disappeared after the killing. She was arrested in Oakland, Calif., Sept. 2, 1922, and made a con- fession to the detective sent to bring her back to Beattl ia Acta For so little as $40 one can hire @ special train on any cf the British railways, with engine and crew coni- plete, and travel by it tn solitary state for about twelve miles. Forty do- lars is the lowest figure, and twelve miles the least distance,' for which the company will make the necssary arrangements. ASKS EQUAL FOOTING FOR WOMEN WITHMEN WORKERS, AND REFORMS) Years ty sud NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—Men, dis- mayed by the ristng tide of women in industry, will never pay fair with womein workers, Miss Mary McDow- ell, Chicago, charged today in an ad- dress to the Women's Industrial con-| ference. Stating that only women can appreciate the problema of the women workers, she urged that they | be. given equal piace and power with men on ell boards or commissions dealing with wage and working con- ditions of both sex. M'ss McDowell said that more than «ht million women are in gainful| occupations, and urged action to. place them on an. equal footing with men workers, Miss Melinda Scott, Whahington. urged enactment of the following laws to prevent explo!tation of wom- en and children in. industry: “A per'od of rest before ond after child birth for the sake of both moth- er and child. “No child labor, schooling for chil: ren up to the age of 16. “A 48-hour week with one day's rest in seven. “Bilminat'on of night work, “Entire elimination of home worl. It 1s a means of lowering wages. “Proper sanitary conditions in tac- tories and mercantile establishments. “Minimum wage laws unt!l wo are able, throuzh organization, to cure for themselves better wages. “Workmen's compensation which} AODED DATE SET FORAUGUST 1-5 oo The average age of Londoners has increased by two years during t last decade. SUGAR MILLIONAIRE AND SONG DROWN AG SEAPLANE (3 LOST (Continued from Page One) their recovery, as the waters are in. fested with man-eating sharks, The remains of the plane the survivors were taken off. NEW YORK, Jan, 18,—¥Five per- sons dre missing in the sinking of the seaplane Columbus between Key ‘West and Havana, the New York of. fioe of the Aero Marine company an- nounced tonight. factory and that the convereat‘ons and dealings with ustrial of the Ruhr valley hed been aatista \ory. baro! H. A. Bruno Aero Mar! lowing ete “we sales manager of the company, issued the fol_ regret this unfortunate accel: { Gent, details of which have not yet come completely to hand, partly in view of the fact that this is the first nk after | Sccldent to ecour during our three and a half years of commercial fly- "=f 1n, “In this period we flew more than & million passenger miles and carried over 20,000 passengers without a sin- gle injury to pass or employ: “Our flying boats, which carry eleven passengers, are equipped with levery safety devico to saféguard our paseengers. ‘ntil we have received further de-| talls, we are at a loss to understand how the accident occurred.” ;Pesentatifes from all. ove! shall provide ample compensation for both mn and won. “Widows' pensions which shall givé to the other or guardian of children adequate allowance during schol years. “Rehabilitation for both men and women who are victims of irdustrial accidents. EE SE MIRACLES DONE AT GOUE CLINIC NEW YORK, . Jan. clinte held today at club by Emil Coue: A girl who, upon.entering, atuttered so badly she could hardly make her- self understood, walked out declaring she has. a néw ambition to.become an elocutionist. A man who could hardly walk last Tuesday ran across the room. Patients declared the pain left as Coue rubbed his hands over aching heads, necks and arms, bussing his formula of “ca. passe.” A previously. bashful man declared he could now “face any woman. “Imagination rules the man,’ said Coue. 18.—At the the McDowell enna wae aio eee B.H SINCLAIR LEAVES. 10 ATTEND REPRESENTATIVES ‘MEETING ON GAME LAWS The date for the staging of the, Casper rodeo has been set as August) 1 to August 5. The first day will be taken up with automobile, motorcycle, and alrplang racing, The four days which follow’ will be entirely rodeo. The management of the rodeo has prepared a large eastern advertising campa’gn and has also gotten the support of the local business mon who are showing great interest in the en- terpise, A crew of men has been set to work to clear off the sagebrush from the grounds, which are located wost of Casper, and also to grade the traek. Plans are being drawn for the grandstand and airplane hangar. The management intends to fix here a per manent landing field for visiting Planes, Burke H. Sinclair, of the Midwest Refining company left last night for Cheyenne to attend a meeting of rep- the state who are interested in game preserva- tion and legislation. Although there is no state game association at pres ent, it is anticipated that out of this meeting such an organization will be formed. Fred Newman and George Evarta will leave tomorrow evening for the |capital, giving Casper a delegation of threo in the meeting. Among the important business to be brought up ‘is to urge on ‘the present sess’on of (the legislature the creation of 9 per: manent game fund. As the law now stands, all rceipta from licenses, after expenses have been paid, revert to the general fund. The delegates will s lgned e protection in Wyoming. The méeting will start Monday and wi!!! | probably last two day: $123,000 Alimony For Year Is Plea , Of Mrs. Stillman POUGHKEEPSIE, N, Y., Jan. 18.— The motion of Mra, James A. Stil! man for $128,000 alimony and $20,000 costs for counsel fees, was heard in court here today. Affidavits filed for Stillman by Counsellor Cornelius Sullivan state that the defendant does not object to paying the requested alimony from the point of peouniary tnability, but because he has facts which ho says will prove the demands exorbitant. Mra. Atillman’s affidayit, filed by Counsellor John F. Brennan, stated that she co 00 necessary year, (GROUND WORK LAID BY STATE TO “Chicago Ponzi” Give CHICAGO, Jan, 13.—Leslie P. Har- rington, the “Chicago Pons,” and his two aldes were sentenced to from one to ten years in the penitentiary here today by Judge Phillip L, Sulli- van, Harrington and his aides, Peter Zi!- vitis and Anthony Levecki, were al- leged to have swindled scores of for: eigners out of more than $1,000,000 by selling them bogus stocks and| bonds, i Harrington surrendered after etud-! ing the police of the nation for more} than four month 1 PHILLIPS, HUSBAND OF HAMMER MURDERESS, 1S AGAIN WANTED BY. COPS LOS ANGELES, Jan, 13.—When he failed to Appear in Culver City police court following being tagged for speeding 40 miles an hour, a bench warrant was issued for Armour Phil- Ups, husband of Clara Phillips, es_ caped murderess, late tofay. Deputy sheriffs manifested great interest in the report that Phillips, at the time he was tagged, was en route to a beach resort with a pretty young woman who gave the name of “Misa Taylor.” Phillips could not be located to- night. Turkish Demands On Indebtedness Brings Deadlock By HENRY woop, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) LAUSANNE, Jan. 123.—The Laus- anne conference was again dead. locked tonight when the Turks, act- ing under instructions from the An- gora government, demanded that all Turkish war debts be included, into the Ottoman debt and de divided among all former Ottoman states. The allied representatives fintly re- O grant the demand, but con to a final re_discuasion of the tus sent APPREHEND DANIEL MURDERERS (Continued from Page One)’ by Mayor R. L. Dade of Mer Rouge, in which the charge was made that the writer or writers knew the iden- uty of those who sat “at the round tab:e and plotted tho alleged tempted assassination of Dr, MoKol: The. reported: attempt on’ McKoin's Ufe is said by many to have been the spark that kindled tho tetrorising fire which culminated in the murder of Daniel anc. Richerd. Other evidence has brought out the fact that many of the men of Mer Rouge met at the home of J, L. Dan- q Brunswick fel, 68 year old planter, and father of one of murdered men, to play cards and that such games were held regularly at night. Thus the state has indicated that it will attempt to connect the al- leged attack on Dr. McKoin with the Murder anQ prove that Daniel and Richard were murdered by torture because they were believed guilty of the alleged attack. And Dr. McKoin, it has been said by witnesses testifying in the hear ing, was prominent in the K. K. K. It_teas been upon the subject of SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1923. Kian domination of officials, of the klan holding the*reins of a “guper- government” that. the state's legal” representatives have dealt, They have gone into many kidnapings and whippings such as the abduction of Miss Addie May Hamilton, 16- r-Old girl, who was deported to Little Rock by hoofed men, and the beating of farmers and citisens, The so-called “black lst” of the Klan has been mentioned, and wit- nesses have sworn that the klan members wore the same sort of black hoods behind which the murders of the men hid their faces on the night of August 24 when the two men were tortured to death. ——< Tully Marshall, who plays in many Pictures and whose stage experience has covered a period of 35 years, has the role of Jim Bridger in “The Covered Wagon,” produced for Para- mount by James Cruze. or Victrola Like scores of others, you have probably been wanting to compare them side by side as only tones CAN be com- pared. 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